Maryland Comptroller seeks RFP for $100M tax system

Maryland– The Maryland Office of the Comptroller is seeking proposals for a $100-million-dollar job to replace the 25-year-old tax processing system. The office released a request for proposals (RFP) with bids due by June 1. The goal is to have a contract before the state’s Board of Public Works in September. The plan is to replace the office tax processing system as well as its collection system.

There was an incident in 2016 where the comptroller’s office discovered that $21 million of local income tax had been misdirected going back to 2010. The comptroller’s office collected the proper amount of revenue, but some taxpayers were not classified in the correct taxing districts causing tax revenue to be distributed to the wrong municipalities. The RFP requires that vendors have contracts in at least six other states to qualify.